National Presidential Grandstanding Day 2022

Firstly, please tell me why everybody thanks the president for decisions made collectively, either in parliament or Cabinet?What level of arse-licking behaviour is this? Is all of this just because the president has added a signature to some documents? I propose that taxpaying Namibians must give themselves a standing ovation for working their arses off to fund these decisions.Mara this McHenry Venaani must not forget we still remember he ate the cake and went on Twitter to complain about Namibians left outside the stadium.I would have forgiven the hypocrisy if it was a meat cake, but shadow president Venaani had no reason to eat that cake.Now we are told he wrote a private love note to president Hage Geingob, asking if he could “please have a black car” to look more official. Etse, Hage has no chill, why would he disclose such secrets?Question to Hage: Did Venaani put XOXO and a little heart at the bottom of the love letter, or was it the usual “Sincerely Yours”?It does not end there.Honourable Venaani ran to Twitter during the Sona, like he did with the cake, and posted that the president is not being truthful.Meaning “Hage is lying”.Yes, little ones, adults are the biggest liars. Kama “I asked for even a second-hand black Dankie Botswana”.The truth, as I imagine it, is that the opposition parties were promised cars, sausages, cake and wine to not vote against the last increase in benefits and perks for office bearers. But I am just imagining things.Anyway, let us focus on real, important observations.Etse, did you see how Bernadus Swartbooi behaved and was careful to not sound aggressive or even clever?He was so nervous that he joked about it himself, saying: “I don't want the sergeant at arms to come and slap me.”I guess the last experience was a bit traumatic. May I suggest that a parliamentary psychologist be appointed to have a sitdown with Mr Swartbooi? Opposition emotional health matters.I am also worried that the UDF seems to be singing too much praise towards the president, and I suggest that they are positioning themselves to be considered for a 'deputy something' post in the next government. Ms Muinjangue from Nudo must start waking up and play well with Swapo to be considered for the next government.Finally, I take my hat off to Mr Kazongominya from Eiseb in Omaheke.It seems that the parliamentarians from the roots know exactly what the problems and solutions are.But we are stuck with so-called national leaders who have now forgotten where they came from as they think they are from where they were resettled.The Kazongominya type of leader should have got the piece of cake, and he deserves a black Isuzu bakkie.We are already on our way to National Presidential Grandstanding Day 2023.

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